Youth acceptance of lgbtq
The young are regarded as the most tolerant generation. That's why results of this LGBTQ survey are 'alarming'
Young people are growing less tolerant of LGBTQ individuals, a jarring spin for a generation traditionally considered embracing and clear, a survey released Monday shows.
The number of Americans 18 to 34 who are comfortable interacting with LGBTQ people slipped from 53% in 2017 to 45% in 2018 – the only age community to show a decline, according to the annual Accelerating Acceptance report. And that is down from 63% in 2016.
Driving the dilution of acceptance are young women whose overall comfort levels plunged from 64% in 2017 to 52% in 2018, says the survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of LGBTQ lobbying group GLAAD.
“We count on the narrative that immature people are more steady and tolerant,” John Gerzema, CEO of The Harris Poll, told USA TODAY. “These numbers are very alarming and signal a looming social crisis in discrimination.”
Among the findings:
• 36% of young people said they were uncomfortable learning a family member was LGBTQ, compared with 29% in 2017.
• 34% were uncomfortable learning their doctor was LGBTQ vs. 27% a year earlier.
• 39%
Accelerating Acceptance 2023
As the LGBTQ community continues to widen and become more observable, the 2023 Accelerating Acceptance study reveals that a record number of non-LGBTQ Americans support equal rights for the LGBTQ group. The Study also shows that an overwhelming majority of non-LGBTQ Americans now believe that LGBTQ people should have the autonomy to live their animation and not be discriminated against, and that schools should be a sound and accepting place for all youth.
With the emit of this data, GLAAD finds that support for LGBTQ equal rights in America among non-LGBTQ people is now at an all-time high. Any narrative claiming otherwise, goes against a statistical supermajority of consensus, public opinion and American values. The Explore also directly correlates how the epidemic of anti-LGBTQ legislation and online loathe leads to higher levels of real-world harm for LGBTQ people, including but not limited to discrimination and violence.
Moreover, GLAAD’s Accelerating Acceptance study finds that while acceptance for LGBTQ people and youth own reached record highs, the research also reveals a significant lack of awareness and familiarity for nonbinary and transg
Youth Acceptance Project
The Reason For YAP
Research has shown that family acceptance is an enormous protective factor for the long-term wellbeing of LGBTQ and gender expansive children and youth. Accepting behavior is positively correlated with a myriad of mental and physical health indicators including increased self-esteem, social support, and general health status, as well as decreased depression, substance maltreatment, and suicidal ideation and behaviors among LGBTQ youth. Conversely, LGBTQ youth with higher levels of family rejection are more likely to report attempted suicide, higher levels of depression, illegal drug use, and engagement in unprotected sexual activity than youth whose families exhibit accepting behavior. LGBTQ youth whose families do not performance accepting behavior are significantly more likely to enter foster care or the juvenile justice system than heterosexual youth and LGBTQ youth whose families reveal accepting behavior.
The Youth Acceptance Project, works with the families of lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) and gender expansive children and youth in foster care. The intervention serves as a family preservat
Acceptance is Key to Mental Health for LGBTQ+ Youth, Numbers Shows
The Trevor Project, a national suicide prevention ngo for LGBTQ+ youth, released a recent report that gives a state-by-state see at the mental health of their target demographic.
The data is based on a 2024 survey of more than 28,500 Diverse youth ages 13 to 24. Nationally, 39 percent of LGBTQ+ young people reported considering suicide during the past year, according to the survey results, and that figure was 46 percent among transgender and nonbinary youth. Among survey participants who said they wanted mental health look after, half were unable to get it.
Ronita Nath, vice president of study at The Trevor Project, says the organization created its state-level analysis to help people form decisions about mental health support that are better tailored to their communities.
While the experiences of LGBTQ+ youth can vary between and within states, Nath says the data shows a consistent link between young people feeling accepted as they are and their mental health.
“While LGBTQ+ youth reported their levels of access to an affirming home or affirming school or supportive community varied by state, these factors
TODAY Youth Survey: High overall acceptance of LGBTQ people among youth, but family members having same-sex relationships harder to accept
The TODAY Youth Survey, which polled 1,066 respondents between the ages of 18 and 35, found that there was a high overall acceptance rate of womxn loving womxn, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people among youth. However, the survey also found that fewer people were willing to accept family members having same-sex relationships. 75 percent of the respondents were willing to accept friends in same-sex relationships, but only 58 percent were willing to accept family members engaged in these relationships. The results of the TODAY Youth Survey are in line with the findings of a 2018 study conducted by the NUS Institute of Policy Studies which revealed that Singaporeans, particularly fresh people, had become more liberal towards homosexuality in the past five years.
The survey also found that women were the most accepting of LGBTQ individuals. A spokesperson from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster (GSRC) explained that women are more likely to accept marginalized LGBTQ individuals beca